C# Read Simple Json String

Question

some ideas how to read this simple JSON String to a List?

["amazon.de","ebay.de","fischevortische.de","homefuerst.de"]

i just wanna add every item to my List blackList

Answer 1

You have two solutions:

1. Quick but only for a list of string.

   string jsonText = "[\"amazon.de\",\"ebay.de\",\"fischevortische.de\",\"homefuerst.de\"]";
   char[] separators = new char[] {'[', ']', ',', '"'};
   string[] result1 = jsonText.Split(separators, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
   

2. Using JSON library (included in .NET)

   string jsonText = "[\"amazon.de\",\"ebay.de\",\"fischevortische.de\",\"homefuerst.de\"]";
   var jss = new JavaScriptSerializer();
   var result2 = jss.Deserialize<string[]>(jsonText);
   

Answer 2

string json = "[\"amazon.de\",\"ebay.de\",\"fischevortische.de\",\"homefuerst.de\"]";
List<string> parsed = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray>(json).Values<string>().ToList();

Answer 3

var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<string>>();